Podcast 4: Alan Cherry remembered – Brickonomics blogger Brian Green on the ‘end’ of the recession

01/27/10 • 19 min

In this month’s podcast from Building Magazine Brian Green, our Brickonomics blogger, discusses whether the government statistics showing 0.1% growth of GDP really do mean the British economy is out of recession.

In an interview with Alex Smith, our web editor, Brian warns that the estimates for construction may be subject to later revisions by the government, and suggests that the real bounce-back won’t be seen until 2012.

We also pay tribute to the career of Alan Cherry, founding director of Countryside Properties, who has sadly died aged 76. Joey Gardiner, assistant editor, talks about his pioneering projects such as the Greenwich Millennium Village and how industry figures have all expressed their deep sadness at the passing of a great housebuilder and businessman.

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Housing experts debate the state of the market

After our live online debate on the future of the housing market two experts highlight the big issues, plus interviews with Rick Mather and poet Ian McMillan

In this month’s podcast from Building magazine we have three separate interviews on a range of construction-related topics:

The state of the housing market was the subject of an online live text debate with our readers. Building’s news editor Joey Gardiner and Richard Jones, head of residential and regeneration at EC Harris, discuss the most pressing themes raised by contributors.
Architect Rick Mather talks about his extension design for Oxford’s Ashmolean museum with Alex Smith, Building’s web editor.
Alex also catches up with poet Ian McMillan at Cabe’s 10 year anniversary party.

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Podcast 5: Building’s Charter 284 campaign explained: Stephen Ratcliffe and Professor John Bale on the economic case for investing in construction

Building’s Charter 284 campaign, launched last week, aims to persuade the political parties ahead of the election of the economic benefits of investing in construction work.

In this month’s podcast, Building’s deputy web editor Chloe McCulloch talks to three people about the campaign (the name of which stems from the fact that the LEK report showed that every £1 spent on construction leads to £2.84 of GDP).

Our speakers are:

Deputy editor Sarah Richardson, who explains the thinking behind the campaign, its five main aims and how readers can demonstrate their support
John Bale, Professor Emeritus of Leeds Metropolitan University, talks about ways in which construction can improve value for money for the next government, including less ‘iconic’ design and opting for refurbishment where possible
Stephen Ratcliffe, director of the UK Contractors’ Group, on why he is so convinced by the economic argument in the LEK report for investment in construction.